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{{Infobox country|common_name=China|conventional_long_name=Chinese Republic|native_name=華民國|image_flag=File:Flag of the Chinese Republic.png|capital=Namging|largest_city=Canton|official_languages=[[Standard Chinese|Chinese]]|common_languages={{hlist|Cantonese|Hakka|Hokkien|Coastal Chinese Pidgin}}|languages_type=Foreign languages|languages=[[English language|English]] and [[Dutch language|Dutch]]|image_map=File:China Locator Map 1965.png|map_width=275px|established_event1=Establishment of the Ćin dynasty|established_date1=221 BC|established_event2=[[Canton War]]|established_date2=1857|established_event3=Establishment of the Chinese Republic|established_date3=1931|established_event4=Reunification of China|established_date4=1936|established=10 June 1931}}
{{Nation
|common_name=Canton
|full_name=Republic of Wah-hah
|local_name=華夏民國<br />Wah-hah Man-kwok (Cantonese)<br />Hwahsia Minkwo (Mandarin)
|flag=RTL_Huaxia_Flag.png
|established=1855 (monarchy) <br /> 1931 (republic)
|capital= Kwangchow
|government_type=Republic
|languages= Cantonese <br /> Mandarin <br /> Banlam <br /> Others
|currency= Wahbai (華幣; WHB)
}}


'''China''', officially the '''Chinese Republic''' ([[Standard Chinese|Chinese]]: 華民國, ''Hwá mín gwó'') is a country located in eastern Asia, bordering [[Tibet]], [[Serindia]], and [[Erawa]] to the west; [[Thaitania]] and [[Viet Nam]] to the south; and [[Poeja]] and [[Mongolia]] to the north. To the east, the country shares maritime boundaries with [[Corea]] and [[Tauland]]. Since the [[History of China after 1850|unification of China in 1936]], the [[National republicanism|national republic]] has consistently been ranked as the most populous nation in the world.
'''Wah-hah''' (華夏), officially the '''Republic of Wah-hah''' (華夏民國; Cantonese: ''Wah-hah Man-kwok;'' Mandarin: ''Hwahsia Minkwo'')'','' also commonly known as '''Canton''' or '''China''''','' is a country in East Asia. The country has been dominated by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese Han Chinese people] for millennia.

Modern China's origins stem from the Canton-based state that split off from the [[Great Qing|Qing empire]] in the 1850s. Constitutional reform led to the establishment of a Chinese republic in 1931 and the reunification of China in 1936.


== History ==
== History ==
{{Main|History of China after 1850|History of China before 1850}}
On 7 May 1931, the [[Russia]]-backed National Reformation Party mobilized the armed forces and regional paramilitaries to overthrow the [[Kingdom of Canton|Ye dynasty]]. Just over a month later on 10 June, the Chinese Republic was declared with with notable assemblyman and former compradore [[Teng Acoy]] selected as the first President. This event, known as Sinwei coup, was one of many anti-monarchical revolutions that occured across the world in the 1930s–1940s.


The [[Southwestern Restructuring Program]] was initiated by Teng's Chief General Secretary [[Su Peychin]] in 1947. It featured the ghettoization and segregation of non-Hwa [[Ethnos, thede, and race|thedes]] in the southwestern provinces of the country. Over ten million people are estimated to have been displaced or killed. In 1952, the Organization of Democratic Nations recognized the Program as a criminal act. It was in March 1953 that the Censorial Senate and General Chamber cooperated to remove Su Peychin from office; he would subsequently be prosecuted and imprisoned. Shortly after, the Program would be dissolved.
=== Ming-Qing Transition ===
The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_from_Ming_to_Qing Ming-Qing transition] was one of the deadliest periods in Chinese history that witnessed the fall of the Ming dynasty and the rise of the Qing empire that supplanted it. It caused massive changes in Chinese society, politics, and economics.


China participated in the [[Serindian Crisis]] as an aggressor from 1955 to 1964. Motivated by the discovery of the Jumen oil fields and a spike in nationalist sentiment, the Chinese Armed Forces successfully occupied and annexed [[Tibet]]'s Coconur region and parts of eastern [[Serindia]] which were formally reorganized into Gamsu Province in 1969. Immediately before victory, [[Hong Sinhiong]] was elected President of the country in 1963 after the death of his revered predecessor Teng Acoy.
==== Stabilization of the Qing periphery ====
King Sangdjong ascended to the Corean throne in 1649. The Southerner Party and the royal court [[Corea#Dutch Influence In Corea and Sjahak|resolved to make peace]] with the new [[Great Qing|Qing dynasty]] and abandon connections to the old Ming regime.


In January 1966, the Handan earthquake devastated northeastern China and killed upwards of ten thousand people. A series of public works initiatives were implemented by the state, encouraging individuals and corporations to cooperate in order to combat unemployment and food scarcity. These projects were criticized for primarily benefiting corporations and politicians—specifically those of Hakka heritage—who hail from the southern provinces of China. This was coupled with the rise of wealth inequality and disproportionate corporate land ownership across the entire country, poignantly manifesting itself in the [[Puhwa Company scandal]] where Puhwa bought out ancestral graveyards and attempted to rent them back to the families which had owned the land for generations, sparking international outrage. As a result, the anti-corporate, pro-[[Russia]] national republican New Loyalist Society subsequently dethroned President Hong and had [[Tooi Teeksim]] elected in his place.
In 1650, a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Koxinga Zheng] junk unintentionally sinks a Corean ship heading to Tauland. This provoked King Sangdjong to send marine troops to assist Qing-Dutch forces in the Minzhe region against pirates and Ming loyalists. During the [https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A3%81%E7%81%B6%E6%88%B0%E5%BD%B9 Battle of Cizao], Corean soldiers defeated the Zheng army alongside the Manchus.


[[Corea]]'s [[Kemo nuclear disaster|1974 Kemo disaster]] had the indirect effect of dramatically reducing the productivity of fisheries and mariculture in the Balhê Bay and Yellow Sea, severely harming the livelihood of Chinese fishermen. The Chinese Navy under President Tooi would engage in a series of conflicts with [[Tauland]] over fishing rights; these sporadic confrontations would last until 1992.
Two years later in the [https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%9F%E6%9D%B1%E6%A9%8B%E6%88%B0%E5%BD%B9 Battle of Jiangdong Bridge], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koxinga Koxinga] and his army was defeated at a critical juncture. He was sent to exile in Hirado with his mother, who was evacuated to Japan two years after the Qing conquest of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangnan Kiang-nan]. During the battle, [https://baike.baidu.hk/item/%E6%9C%B1%E4%BB%A5%E6%B5%B7 Zhu Yihai] betrayed Koxinga and defected to the Qing side. [https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%84%AD%E5%BD%A9 Zheng Cai] fled to the Ryukyu kingdom with a contingent of pirates in an effort to gain materials for the next attack, especially focusing on the sulfur trade.


Capitalizing off the social unrest and the impact of the [[Great Nuclear Scare|Nuclear Scare]], the spokesperson of the Secretariat of Commerce implied that Russia may have been testing tectonic weapons against Corea and China a year later, fueling an anti-Russian hysteria across the country which eventually led to the resurrection of the National Reformation Party in 1977. Three years later during the [[Alyeskan Independence War]], Russia requested that China boycott goods from the [[Association of North American Nations]], the latter actively supporting separatists who wished to topple the Russian administration in Alyeska. The Chinese government refused to do so; as a pre-emptive measure, troops were stationed along the [[Mongolia|Mongolian]] border in anticipation of Russian retaliation.
The Zheng family eventually failed to create a Ming loyalist base in southeastern China. Later, many members of the family and their allies participated in the southern Japanese [[Ōmura Rebellion]] in 1656.


== Government and Politics ==
==== Fate of the House of Zhu ====
{{Main|List of Chinese leaders}}
The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Zhu Zhu family], the former royal house of the Ming dynasty, dispersed around China after the Qing's conquest of southern China. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Youlang Yongli Emperor] established an emergency government in 1641 in response to the Qing conquests.
China is a unitary parliamentary republic consisting of eighteen provinces and seven urban prefectures. The country's constitution is known as the Articles of Unification and was officially enacted by the 8 June 1931 Law, investing authority into the newly established tricameral National Parliament. Along with [[Tussenland]], China is one of few republics which follow the ''[[Fusiemag]]'' ('fusion of powers') system due to the disproportionate power of the legislative branch.


The executive branch has two leaders. The President of the Republic is the head of state and is selected by a College of Electors whose members are chosen by provincial parliamentary bodies; the members of these bodies are in turn elected by eligible voters. The President appoints the Chief General Secretary, the head of government and chair of the General Secretariat, at their discretion. These two executives appoint civil servants, approve members of the judiciary, and serve as the Commander of the Armed Forces and Minister of the Armed Forces respectively.
At the same time, numerous Jesuit missionaries converted much of the Ming court to Roman Catholicism. This included Empress Dowager [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Dowager_Wang_(Southern_Ming) Helena Wang], Empress [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Wang_(Southern_Ming) Anne Wang], Empress [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Dowager_Ma_(Southern_Ming) Maria Ma], and Eunuch [https://books.google.ie/books?id=5yUzntxTZioC&pg=PA197&lpg=PA197&dq=Pang+Tianshou&source=bl&ots=4nrnB0wrD-&sig=ACfU3U3Y0wBRsCTk3AdCwND0seLO2-9HPA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOt5nduJH2AhXxQEEAHdsuBCsQ6AF6BAgUEAM#v=snippet&q=Pang%20Tianshou&f=false Achilleus Pang]. In 1648, [https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B1%E6%85%88%E7%85%8A Crown Prince Cihyun] was born and baptized with the Latin name Constantine. The Empress Dowager sent a letter to the Vatican in 1650 requesting assistance to repel the Qing, which was ignored. In 1656, Empress Anne - hearing of the [[Ōmura Rebellion]] - sent a plea to the Japanese Catholic rebels to help evacuate the imperial family and their entourage.


First established by the [[Kanggwo Emperor]] in 1684, the Southern Study is one of the only imperial institutions that survive into post-[[Great War]] China. It functions as an independent advisory body to the President, with its members selected from a number of professional and educational organizations within and outside the country. While heavily affiliated with the executive branch, it is technically not considered part of the executive.
In 1662, the Emperor and the majority of the imperial family were killed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Sangui Wu Sang-kuei] in Yunnan, with the survivors being brought to Peking. However, Empress Maria and the Crown Prince were rescued by a contingent of pirates and loyalists before the massacre. They were brought to Macao via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanning Namning] where they lived until 1665, and then resided in Manila for two months before returning to the Chinese mainland. The surviving family changed their last names to Ma (馬) and Wong (王) to escape suspicion and survived as commoners for the next century.


The legislature consists primarily of the National Parliament, is a tricameral body consisting of the General Chamber, the Senior Chamber, and the Censorial Senate. Additionally, the Liaison Office, consisting of a singular Liaison Officer appointed by the Chief General Secretary, is responsible for facilitating communication between the executive and legislative branches.
After Koxinga's defeat in 1652, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Shugui Prince Ningzing] - the only other possible Ming successor - attempted to commit suicide near Tongshan Island. He was saved by an unnamed soldier. He altogether disappeared from historical records, apart from brief mention of his presence in Fort Zeelandia not long after.


China's judiciary is ultimately subject to the Censorial Senate which functions as the court of last resort and the administrative court, handling complaints against and supervising the government. Including the Senate, there are four basic tiers to the Chinese court system.
In 1725, the position of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_of_Extended_Grace Marquis of Extended Grace] was established, with a complacent descendant of the Zhu family from a minor branch taking up the position. The title was purely ceremonial, with its holders being treated as regular Chinese citizens.


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==== Relations with the Dutch ====
{|
The Dutch established a base on [[History of Taulandt|Tauland]] in the 1620s, stabilizing their rule in the 1660s. Although not universally welcomed, they fostered a good but informal relationship with the Ming on the mainland. With the Qing conquest of southern China, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] of Formosa cut their ties with the Ming and established a strong relationship with the [[Great Qing|Qing]] and [[Corea]]. By the 18th century, the Dutch almost monopolized European trade in southern China.
|+Legislature of China

! width="150" align="left" | Body
=== Canton War (1850-1857) ===
! width="100" align="left" | Members
{{Main|Canton War}}
! align="left" | Selection process

|-
=== Kingdom of Canton (1857-1931) ===
| General Chamber || 250 || Elected by provincial parliaments
{{Nation
|-
|common_name=Tenchyew
| Senior Chamber || 36 || Selected by aldermen of urban prefectures
|local_name=天朝
|-
|flag=RTL Flag of Canton.png
| Censorial Senate || 12 || Selected by provincial governors
|capital= Kwangchow (Canton)
|-
|languages=Cantonese <br /> Hakka <br /> Ban <br /> Mandarin <br /> Others|government_type=Constitutional monarchy|full_name=Kingdom of Canton|lifespan=1857-1931}}
| Liaison Office || 1 || Appointed by the Chief General Secretary

|-
==== Sanmei Coup of 1931 ====
| || '''299'''
Multiple parties formed and participated in the Parliament, formed in the late 1920s as an appeasement measure. The dominant party was the National Reformation Party (華夏改革會'', lit. Wahhah Reformation Party'') which aimed to dismantle the monarchy. In 1927, the NRP-dominated Parliament commenced the National Reform Movement. In 1931, the NRP-dominated parliament overthrew monarchy and established a republic. They renamed the country the Chinese Republic (華夏民國) and sought to unify with the Great Qing with military force, ending the state of division in China since 1857.
|}

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=== First Chinese Republic (1931-1936) ===
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{| style="text-align:center;"
=== Second Chinese Republic (1936-) ===
|+Judiciary of China

|I
== Government and Politics ==
| colspan="2" align="left" style="text-align:center;" width="300" | '''Censorial Senate'''

|-
== Economy ==
|II

| Courts of Review || Specialized courts
== Demographics ==
|-

|III
== Culture ==
| colspan="2" | High courts

|-
== Religion ==
|IV
| colspan="2" | Community courts
|}
</div>


== See also ==
== See also ==

* [[Great Qing|Qing dynasty]]
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China, officially the Chinese Republic (Chinese: 華民國, Hwá mín gwó) is a country located in eastern Asia, bordering Tibet, Serindia, and Erawa to the west; Thaitania and Viet Nam to the south; and Poeja and Mongolia to the north. To the east, the country shares maritime boundaries with Corea and Tauland. Since the unification of China in 1936, the national republic has consistently been ranked as the most populous nation in the world.

Chinese Republic

華民國
Flag of China
Flag
Location of China
CapitalNamging
Largest cityCanton
Official languagesChinese
Common languages
  • Cantonese
  • Hakka
  • Hokkien
  • Coastal Chinese Pidgin
Foreign languagesEnglish and Dutch
Establishment10 June 1931
• Establishment of the Ćin dynasty
221 BC
1857
• Establishment of the Chinese Republic
1931
• Reunification of China
1936

History

On 7 May 1931, the Russia-backed National Reformation Party mobilized the armed forces and regional paramilitaries to overthrow the Ye dynasty. Just over a month later on 10 June, the Chinese Republic was declared with with notable assemblyman and former compradore Teng Acoy selected as the first President. This event, known as Sinwei coup, was one of many anti-monarchical revolutions that occured across the world in the 1930s–1940s.

The Southwestern Restructuring Program was initiated by Teng's Chief General Secretary Su Peychin in 1947. It featured the ghettoization and segregation of non-Hwa thedes in the southwestern provinces of the country. Over ten million people are estimated to have been displaced or killed. In 1952, the Organization of Democratic Nations recognized the Program as a criminal act. It was in March 1953 that the Censorial Senate and General Chamber cooperated to remove Su Peychin from office; he would subsequently be prosecuted and imprisoned. Shortly after, the Program would be dissolved.

China participated in the Serindian Crisis as an aggressor from 1955 to 1964. Motivated by the discovery of the Jumen oil fields and a spike in nationalist sentiment, the Chinese Armed Forces successfully occupied and annexed Tibet's Coconur region and parts of eastern Serindia which were formally reorganized into Gamsu Province in 1969. Immediately before victory, Hong Sinhiong was elected President of the country in 1963 after the death of his revered predecessor Teng Acoy.

In January 1966, the Handan earthquake devastated northeastern China and killed upwards of ten thousand people. A series of public works initiatives were implemented by the state, encouraging individuals and corporations to cooperate in order to combat unemployment and food scarcity. These projects were criticized for primarily benefiting corporations and politicians—specifically those of Hakka heritage—who hail from the southern provinces of China. This was coupled with the rise of wealth inequality and disproportionate corporate land ownership across the entire country, poignantly manifesting itself in the Puhwa Company scandal where Puhwa bought out ancestral graveyards and attempted to rent them back to the families which had owned the land for generations, sparking international outrage. As a result, the anti-corporate, pro-Russia national republican New Loyalist Society subsequently dethroned President Hong and had Tooi Teeksim elected in his place.

Corea's 1974 Kemo disaster had the indirect effect of dramatically reducing the productivity of fisheries and mariculture in the Balhê Bay and Yellow Sea, severely harming the livelihood of Chinese fishermen. The Chinese Navy under President Tooi would engage in a series of conflicts with Tauland over fishing rights; these sporadic confrontations would last until 1992.

Capitalizing off the social unrest and the impact of the Nuclear Scare, the spokesperson of the Secretariat of Commerce implied that Russia may have been testing tectonic weapons against Corea and China a year later, fueling an anti-Russian hysteria across the country which eventually led to the resurrection of the National Reformation Party in 1977. Three years later during the Alyeskan Independence War, Russia requested that China boycott goods from the Association of North American Nations, the latter actively supporting separatists who wished to topple the Russian administration in Alyeska. The Chinese government refused to do so; as a pre-emptive measure, troops were stationed along the Mongolian border in anticipation of Russian retaliation.

Government and Politics

China is a unitary parliamentary republic consisting of eighteen provinces and seven urban prefectures. The country's constitution is known as the Articles of Unification and was officially enacted by the 8 June 1931 Law, investing authority into the newly established tricameral National Parliament. Along with Tussenland, China is one of few republics which follow the Fusiemag ('fusion of powers') system due to the disproportionate power of the legislative branch.

The executive branch has two leaders. The President of the Republic is the head of state and is selected by a College of Electors whose members are chosen by provincial parliamentary bodies; the members of these bodies are in turn elected by eligible voters. The President appoints the Chief General Secretary, the head of government and chair of the General Secretariat, at their discretion. These two executives appoint civil servants, approve members of the judiciary, and serve as the Commander of the Armed Forces and Minister of the Armed Forces respectively.

First established by the Kanggwo Emperor in 1684, the Southern Study is one of the only imperial institutions that survive into post-Great War China. It functions as an independent advisory body to the President, with its members selected from a number of professional and educational organizations within and outside the country. While heavily affiliated with the executive branch, it is technically not considered part of the executive.

The legislature consists primarily of the National Parliament, is a tricameral body consisting of the General Chamber, the Senior Chamber, and the Censorial Senate. Additionally, the Liaison Office, consisting of a singular Liaison Officer appointed by the Chief General Secretary, is responsible for facilitating communication between the executive and legislative branches.

China's judiciary is ultimately subject to the Censorial Senate which functions as the court of last resort and the administrative court, handling complaints against and supervising the government. Including the Senate, there are four basic tiers to the Chinese court system.

Legislature of China
Body Members Selection process
General Chamber 250 Elected by provincial parliaments
Senior Chamber 36 Selected by aldermen of urban prefectures
Censorial Senate 12 Selected by provincial governors
Liaison Office 1 Appointed by the Chief General Secretary
299
Judiciary of China
I Censorial Senate
II Courts of Review Specialized courts
III High courts
IV Community courts

See also